Camara arrived in Canada in 2017 on a temporary student visa, which expires in mid-May. "We are deeply disturbed by the treatment of Mamadi Fara Camara. The article in question confers discretionary authority on the minister to grant permanent residence. Guillaume Cliche-Rivard, who is Camara's immigration lawyer, told Radio-Canada his client was "in a state of shock and in distress" and would not finish his thesis before his visa runs out. "My family knows who I am," Camara told Radio-Canada's Tout le monde en parle.

Source: CBC News February 16, 2021 21:21 UTC